Bend / Cracked Heliums (Sh%&t happens) - Toyota Yaris Forums

PetersRedYaris · 05-22-2007, 05:52 PM

Ouch... That is the exact reason I would sacrifice weight for strength anyday.

I agree no wheel could have survived this, but Heliums do have a reputation for being weak (the lip on it does look thin). By the way, what was your air pressure when this happened? In the pictures, it looks like your tire survived; crazy on a hit that hard.

CASTREX · 05-22-2007, 07:05 PM

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Originally Posted by PetersRedYaris

Ouch... That is the exact reason I would sacrifice weight for strength anyday.

Hmmm... as Chino and largeorangefont said. This could happen to any wheel. You will have to be riding on some heavyweight bricks and pretty fat rubbers to survive a sharp pothole at some speed.

Is a bitch I know... but I have to live with it.

largeorangefont · 05-22-2007, 10:05 PM

That must have been a huge pothole to bend the wheel through that tall of a sidewall. I'm actually impressed the wheel didnt break.

You are better off ordering a new wheel. It will be cheaper.

Sometimes these things happen. If someone thinks brand x wheel would have survived that hit unscathed they are delusional.

brickhardmeat · 05-22-2007, 10:26 PM

Yeah keep the wheel like an old broken skateboard and tell some insane story about how it "went down"

This wheel will make an interesting conversation piece possibly finding a new home in your entry way or guest bathroom. It's a good thing.

ChinoCharles · 05-22-2007, 10:46 PM

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Originally Posted by brickhardmeat

Yeah keep the wheel like an old broken skateboard and tell some insane story about how it "went down"

This wheel will make an interesting conversation piece possibly finding a new home in your entry way or guest bathroom. It's a good thing.

There you go. Slap some glass on that sucker and call it a coffee table! I have a whole room of Yaris goodies, which I affectionately call the boneyard. GREAT conversation piece. People think I'm nuts!

CASTREX · 05-22-2007, 11:05 PM

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Originally Posted by brickhardmeat

Yeah keep the wheel like an old broken skateboard and tell some insane story about how it "went down"

This wheel will make an interesting conversation piece possibly finding a new home in your entry way or guest bathroom. It's a good thing.

Great idea!! I can see my self telling my kids stories about the good old YARIS LEE and how i used to lost the cops in the woods...

ChinoCharles · 05-22-2007, 11:11 PM

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Originally Posted by CASTREX

Great idea!! I can see my self telling my kids stories about the good old YARIS LEE and how i used to lost the cops in the woods...

If that isn't a Photoshop invitation, I don't know what is!

brickhardmeat · 05-22-2007, 11:28 PM

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If that isn't a Photoshop invitation, I don't know what is!

Yeah, I'm seein' chino swingin from a vine any minute and that dodge charger has to be a yaris liftback

05-22-2007, 05:52 PM	#1
PetersRedYaris View User's Garage Drives: 2005 Scion xB Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: The Black Hills of South Dakota Posts: 1,059	Ouch... That is the exact reason I would sacrifice weight for strength anyday. I agree no wheel could have survived this, but Heliums do have a reputation for being weak (the lip on it does look thin). By the way, what was your air pressure when this happened? In the pictures, it looks like your tire survived; crazy on a hit that hard. Last edited by PetersRedYaris; 05-23-2007 at 02:32 AM.

05-22-2007, 10:26 PM	#4
brickhardmeat Lonesome Cowboy View User's Garage Drives: 2007 WHITE HATCHBACK Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Inner City, Dallas Posts: 2,995	Yeah keep the wheel like an old broken skateboard and tell some insane story about how it "went down" This wheel will make an interesting conversation piece possibly finding a new home in your entry way or guest bathroom. It's a good thing. __________________ SPONSORED BY

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05-22-2007, 10:05 PM	#3
largeorangefont Break'em off some. View User's Garage Drives: 07 Yaris LB, 04 Cobra Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: So Cal, OC Posts: 854	That must have been a huge pothole to bend the wheel through that tall of a sidewall. I'm actually impressed the wheel didnt break. You are better off ordering a new wheel. It will be cheaper. Sometimes these things happen. If someone thinks brand x wheel would have survived that hit unscathed they are delusional.